Apprenticeship reforms – From a tick to a curve
By Tom Cheek, Apprenticeship Lead at the Science Council In education the only constant is change. Within this blog I will be considering...
Apprenticeship Reforms – Setting the Occupational Level
By Tom Cheek, Apprenticeship Lead at the Science Council With the implementation of apprenticeship standards from frameworks, it has seen a shift from...
Apprenticeships: Competence or Competency?
Tom Cheek, Apprenticeship Lead at the Science Council There has been some interesting work and debate on the correct use of ‘competence’ and...
Apprenticeships: Online and technology enhanced learning
By Tom Cheek, Apprenticeships Lead at the Science Council Apprenticeships offer real opportunity in the use of technology to secure rich and diverse...
Apprenticeship reforms: Off-the-job learning
By Tom Cheek, Apprenticeship Lead at the Science Council As part of the apprenticeship reforms there is the requirement that apprentices receive at...
Apprenticeship Reforms – An Overview
By Tom Cheek, Apprenticeship Lead at the Science Council In 2017 significant reforms were applied to apprenticeships. The key focus included giving more...
Science apprenticeships that lead to professional status
The Apprenticeship Levy, introduced to help pay for the government’s ambition to deliver 3 million new apprentices by 2020, came into force this...
England falling behind on delivering world-class apprenticeships
England does not have a world-class apprenticeship system according to a new report by the University of Derby and the Pearson education group....
Urgent action on science apprenticeships required, say employers
The UK economy will need to attract and train up to 73,000 new science apprentices between now and 2025 to ensure the UK...
Apprenticeships: Widening access to the science workforce
We need an agile and highly skilled science workforce to be able to boost our economy and raise our standards of living. But while...